Tretiak remains FHR President

Wins election of legends in Russia vs. Fetisov

Vladislav Tretiak will serve for a third term as President of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia after winning a battle for presidency with Vyacheslav Fetisov. Photo: Matthew Manor / HHOF-IIHF Images

MOSCOW – Vladislav Tretiak remains President of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (FHR). He was voted to serve a third four-year term in a duel for presidency with another hockey legend, Vyacheslav Fetisov.

In the election held on Wednesday in Moscow, Tretiak received 125 votes from the delegates, Fetisov 11.

Tretiak, who has also been an IIHF Council member since 2012, first became President of the national body for ice hockey in 2006. During his successful career as a goalkeeper, the player legend won three Olympic gold medals and ten IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship titles with the Soviet national team. He was acknowledged as the best goalkeeper of the century during the IIHF’s 100-year anniversary in 2008.

Tretiak, who is also a parliament member in the Russian State Duma, was the only candidate until last week when Fetisov decided to offer an alternative and challenge Tretiak right before the application deadline. Like his opponent Fetisov, who was once the Minister of Sport in the Russian government, had a successful career as a player. His candidacy marked the start of a series of heated public debates that ended with today’s assembly.

The delegates also decided to rate the federation’s work from 2010 to 2014 satisfactory.

The two biggest goals Tretiak set for his new term is to win the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on home ice in Moscow and St. Petersburg and the 2018 Olympic Winter Games that will be held in PyeongChang, Korea.